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With climate change exacerbating the number and intensity of weather-related natural disasters like typhoons and floods, it is important that communities prepare for when a disaster hits. We need to think through what to do during an emergency, and how to reduce its negative long-term impacts.

• 09/02/2020
• Christine Chumbler

Postcards from the field feature submissions to the Climatelinks photo gallery. This photo was submitted to the “Planning a food-secure future” category of the 2019 Climatelinks photo contest.

• 08/18/2020
• Climatelinks

As the frequency and magnitude of climate-related hazards increases, these changes are affecting people’s livelihoods, particularly those of rural and vulnerable populations more than ever.

• 10/24/2019
• Jeff Ratcliffe, Marie-Claire Tuzeneu

Changes in the frequency, location, and severity of climate impacts are placing more people at risk from health-related hazards such as reduced air quality, extreme heat, exposure to extreme weather events, and shifts in vector borne diseases. The World Health Organization predicts that between 2030-2050, climate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths annually worldwide due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress.

• 07/31/2019
• Fernanda Zermoglio

Samantabai is a happy woman. The first 'super-champion' farmer in her village, she has been involved in the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) project under the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

• 06/21/2019
• Arun Khatri-Chhetri, Shalika Vyas

This year’s World Environment Day theme focuses on a global challenge with pressing implications on human health and the environment: air pollution.

• 06/05/2019
• Isabela Barriga

What needs to come together in order to get a timely rainfall forecast to Senegalese farmers for the growing season? How can meteorologists in Rwanda ensure that their data and analyses benefit local populations?

• 02/21/2019
• Olga Krylova, Robert O'Sullivan, Ali Blumenstock

SERVIR seeks to deliver near-real-time environmental data from Earth-orbiting satellites to data-scarce communities and scientists, and translate that data into tools, products, and services that can inform local decision-making.

• 12/14/2018
• USAID Water Team & Global Waters

To better understand how to design and implement sustainable climate information services models within African NMHSs, USAID funded the Assessing Sustainability and Effectiveness of Climate Information Services in Africa (Sustainable CIS) project.

• 09/21/2018
• Dr. Chris Lennard

Under the USAID-funded Climate Information Services Research Initiative (CISRI), a Mercy Corps-led consortium is piloting a participatory systems mapping methodology to investigate how climate information reaches smallholder farmers.

• 06/18/2018
• Kelly Kurz, Kristin Lambert

How exactly does SERVIR connect space to village? These examples highlight some of the cutting-edge tools that support SERVIR’s work on land cover, agriculture and flood forecasting.

• 05/02/2018
• Devrin Weiss

Since its launch in 2005, SERVIR has cultivated a global network of research collaborations linking U.S.-based institutions and technology companies with four regional SERVIR hubs.

• 05/02/2018
• Katherine Casey

Climatelinks is focusing on weather and climate information and services this month and we would like to hear from you!

• 04/13/2018
• Climatelinks

As climate patterns shift, governments around the world — whether national or local — are struggling to find reliable and comprehensive information about current and predicted weather conditions.

• 03/06/2018
• Pete Epanchin